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22 questions linked to/from Do Cantrips use your character level or class level?
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High Elf Racial Cantrips: Do they improve for non-Wizards? [duplicate]
For example if a High Elf Rogue chooses Ray of Frost for his or her racial cantrip, does that cantrip improve as his or her Rogue level increases? Ray of Frost gets better damage as you advance in ...
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Level required to increase spell damage [duplicate]
An interesting question came up last night.
Player X is 4th lvl cleric and 1st lvl monk.
Produce flame can be thrown for d8 of damage. Its damage increases to 2d8 at 5th lvl.
Does this mean at ...
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What is the caster level for the spells granted by Spell Sniper? [duplicate]
Cantrips generally get more powerful as you progress in your spellcasting class.
The Spell Sniper feat allows casting a cantrip.
If you pick a Spell Sniper cantrip from another class will the damage ...
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D&D 5e, Magic Initiate Feat as a Fighter [duplicate]
I'm making a Fighter with a splash of Druid, and sacrificing a feat for Shillelagh, Produce Flame and Faire Fire.
HOWEVER! In the description of Produce Flame, it says, as your character gains in ...
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What level does 5e Fire bolt use? [duplicate]
The text for Fire bolt states:
You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell Attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. A flammable ...
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How does spell upgrades work? [duplicate]
This might be a noob question but one just needs to be on the required character level to get the "upgrades" on spells or on the required class levels?
As in eldritch blast upgrades at 5th level ...
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What level is my multi-class character? [duplicate]
This is my build:
Level 1 – Warlock 1 - otherworldy patron, pact magic
Level 2 – Warlock 2 - eldritch invocations
Level 3 – Warlock 3 - pact boon
Level 4 – Paladin 1 - divine sense, lay on ...
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Leveling cantrips as a multiclass? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a character who has Booming Blade and is a level 3 Sorcerer, and level 2 Fighter, would that still count as having levelled Booming Blade? Or do I need the Sorcerer class to reach ...
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Casting a cantrip on a higher level when multiclassing [duplicate]
Some cantrips such as 'Thunderclap' says in higher level(not in higher spell slot), we can give more damage.
Thunderclap
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (5-foot radius)
Components: S
Duration: ...
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How does spell levelling work with multiclassing? [duplicate]
Suppose I am a level 10 rogue and take a level of sorcerer, giving me the firebolt cantrip. Normally, on a successful hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. Furthermore, the description says:
This ...
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With the 2019 Sage Advice Compendium release, are Jeremy Crawford's tweets considered to be "official rulings"?
The 2019 Sage Advice Compendium has been released. Previously, the SAC has indicated that Jeremy Crawford's tweets were considered to be official rulings. Is this still true?
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How can I tell how many damage dice to roll for an NPC's cantrip?
For PCs, cantrip damage increases with their total character level and not their class level (see this question for reference: Do Cantrips use your character level or class level?).
However, NPCs do ...
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Can the sorcerer's Metamagic option Twinned Spell be used on the Eldritch Blast cantrip?
I was just reading this on an online max-DPR build. There were some who thought using the Metamagic option Twinned Spell on the warlock's Eldritch Blast cantrip was illegal, and some who thought the ...
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What are the levels used for Cantrips learned with the "Magic Initiate" feat?
The Magic Initiate feat gives access to two cantrips from a class. It says
Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's ...
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How can a Sorcerer/Warlock use 4 Eldritch blasts in one round?
How is it possible for the infamous Sorlock multiclass to use 4 x Eldritch blasts in 1 round?
I get the extra damages as in the d6s and +mod damage from all the curses but I see formulas around like ...
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